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Table 3. R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by source of funds and FFRDC: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC
All R&D expenditures
Federal government
State and local government
Business
Nonprofit organizations
All other sources
All FFRDCs 20,038,307 19,667,804 29,029 192,107 46,526 102,841
University-administered FFRDCs 6,155,252 6,013,003 16,352 64,396 22,869 38,632
Ames Laboratory 53,527 52,830 310 364 0 23
Argonne National Laboratory 723,824 690,234 125 27,397 165 5,903
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 320,516 319,559 0 249 145 563
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2,324,826 2,324,826 0 0 0 0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 813,267 755,899 12,827 20,224 9,028 15,289
Lincoln Laboratory 969,090 963,584 0 1,582 0 3,924
National Center for Atmospheric Research 171,551 151,138 1,142 11,119 8,152 0
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 25,906 22,479 0 0 0 3,427
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 91,720 89,791 0 45 78 1,806
National Solar Observatory 11,841 11,833 0 0 0 8
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 81,444 81,123 0 0 0 321
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 327,453 311,686 660 2,760 5,224 7,123
Software Engineering Institute 132,967 132,870 0 97 0 0
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 107,320 105,151 1,288 559 77 245
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 6,413,612 6,297,166 11,071 50,701 22,566 32,108
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center 942,704 939,793 0 2,701 0 210
Arroyo Center 42,723 42,723 0 0 0 0
Brookhaven National Laboratory 556,875 539,075 9,122 6,399 0 2,279
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 168,169 148,610 0 4,084 1,127 14,348
Center for Communications and Computing 66,692 66,692 0 0 0 0
Center for Enterprise Modernization 154,933 154,829 0 0 3 101
Center for Naval Analyses 90,401 90,401 0 0 0 0
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 6,312 5,207 122 636 132 215
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare 169,013 169,013 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center 8,622 8,622 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 104,414 104,414 0 0 0 0
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center 8,030 8,030 0 0 0 0
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 34,991 34,991 0 0 0 0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 13,436 13,436 0 0 0 0
National Defense Research Institute 69,013 69,013 0 0 0 0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 357,916 328,197 910 13,371 15,438 0
National Security Engineering Center 1,012,155 1,009,971 0 0 0 2,184
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1,403,204 1,373,042 332 11,832 5,646 12,352
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 983,962 971,060 585 11,678 220 419
Project Air Force 48,521 48,521 0 0 0 0
Science and Technology Policy Institute 8,401 8,401 0 0 0 0
Systems and Analyses Center 163,125 163,125 0 0 0 0
Industry-administered FFRDCs 7,469,443 7,357,635 1,606 77,010 1,091 32,101
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 704,223 704,223 0 0 0 0
Idaho National Laboratory 482,840 462,659 399 11,032 515 8,235
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,290,134 1,259,015 407 19,007 576 11,129
Los Alamos National Laboratory 1,972,769 1,950,268 0 22,501 0 0
Sandia National Laboratories 2,878,000 2,839,993 800 24,470 NA 12,737
Savannah River National Laboratory 141,477 141,477 0 0 0 0
NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, FFRDC Research and Development Survey, FY 2017.